| Autor: |
Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu, Erdal Aktürk, Hasan Korkmaz, İsa Sincer, Mücahid Yılmaz, Kenan Erdem, Ahmet Çelik, Ramazan Özdemir |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, Vol 41, Iss 3, Pp 199-206 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1016-5169 |
| DOI: |
10.5543/tkda.2013.42375 |
| Popis: |
Objectives: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been reported to be a marker of morbidity and mortality for some cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. We aimed to evaluate RDW values in otherwise healthy smokers. Study design: Two hundred and twenty consecutive subjects with current smoking and 230 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects without smoking history were enrolled. Number of cigarettes smoked per day and duration of smoking, evaluated as pack years, were recorded. Complete blood count, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels and lipid profile were analyzed in all study participants. Results: The mean RDW values were higher in smokers than in nonsmokers (13.9+-1.2 vs. 13.1+-0.8, p |
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